BalletBoyz Deluxe Welcome to Deluxe, a programme of brand-new dance made by choreographers and composers working with us for the very first time.

Following the extraordinary circumstances we have all found ourselves in this spring, we understand that this is not how you expected to see our latest show. Although we’re devastated that we’re unable to perform Deluxe in theatres, we’re delighted that we have been able to work out a way for you to enjoy it from the comfort of your own home. When we do return to the stage, hopefully later this year, we hope that you will come and see us live!

It is such a thrill to be challenged in the studio, to find new ways of expressing an idea and to learn new techniques. For Deluxe, we wanted to find new voices to develop and work with the BalletBoyz dancers. Maxine Doyle and Xie Xin have taken the work of the company in new, more physical and thought-provoking directions.

Over the last 20 years we have always thrived on the thrill of new collaborations and that continues to shape our creative decisions. The point of being a repertoire company, and not choreographer-led, is precisely to be able to change direction, take risks with fresh ideas, discover new voices and reveal unexpected outcomes. Despite doing this for 20 years, we are always looking for something original.

We met Xie Xin when the company was on tour in China and managed to get ourselves invited to her Shanghai studio. There she spent a little time working with the dancers and getting to know the company. We were struck by the quality of her movement language and invited her to come to London to make a piece for us. She is an incredible dancer. Her style and ability is fascinating and, as a choreographer, her challenge was to imbue our dancers with the same fluidity and detail that she instinctively possesses.

Having seen some of Maxine’s work with Punchdrunk we were curious about what she would do with our company. From the start she engaged with the dancers, exploring their characters and working with them to find a suitable way of creating together. With some initial ideas as inspiration she set about discovering a vocabulary and a style which she drew from the dancers themselves.

Once again, to accompany these two new works we have two original scores. Each of them offers a balance of creativity with the choreography and both Jiang Shaofeng and Cassie Kinoshi spent a great deal of time in the studio, composing in parallel with the creation of the movement. At the beginning of each Act, we have also included a short film about how the piece was made to give you an insight into the highs and lows of creating something new from scratch. This is exactly what we love: new collaborations and connections, with artists taking risks and creating new art. We hope you love it too.

Please sit back, relax and enjoy the show. If you have seen our Company perform before, welcome back. If this is your first, thank you for coming.

Michael Nunn OBE & William Trevitt OBE Co-founders & Artistic Directors BalletBoyz® Ltd Front Cover photo: Rick Guest Front Photo : George Piper. All production photos: George Piper unless specified otherwise All production Deluxe

Introduction from , Artistic Director of Sadler’s Wells DANCERS Joseph Barton Film The Intro – Sarah Golding Benjamin Knapper Music “The Darkies” performed by SEED Ensemble under licence from Jazz re:freshed Ltd Harry Price Liam Riddick Introduction from Michael Nunn & William Trevitt, co-Artistic Directors of BalletBoyz Matthew Sandiford Will Thompson Film The Making of Bradley 4:18 Daniel Baines (Apprentice) Act 1 Bradley 4:18 REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Interval Charlotte Pook Film The Making of Ripple Act 2 Ripple PRODUCTION MANAGER Mike Lindsay @Swooshed Event Production Co-produced by Sadler’s Wells in association with Laban Theatre LIGHTING DESIGNER Andrew Ellis DURATION 1 hour and 30 minutes, COSTUME DESIGNER including interval Katherine Watt THE PRODUCTION Company Manager Elisa Mozzanica Stage Manager Danny O’Shea Lighting Programmer Tom Mulliner Costume Maker Kingsley Hall Costume Assistant Jennifer Perault Ripple

CHOREOGRAPHER Xie Xin

COMPOSER Jiang Shaofeng

COSTUME DESIGN Katherine Watt

LIGHTING DESIGN Andrew Ellis

REHEARSAL ASSISTANT Wang Qi

Bradley 4:18

CHOREOGRAPHER MUSICIANS FOR RECORDING Maxine Doyle Cassie Kinoshi Alto Saxophone Miguel Gorodi Trumpet COMPOSER Elias Atkinson Trumpet Cassie Kinoshi Chelsea Carmichael Tenor Saxophone & Flute COSTUME DESIGN Joe Bristow Trombone Katherine Watt Hanna Mbuya Tuba Shirley Tetteh Guitar LIGHTING DESIGN Deschanel Gordon Piano and Keyboards Andrew Ellis Rio Kai Bass REHEARSAL ASSISTANT Patrick Boyle Drums Bradley Waller

FIGHT DIRECTOR Kate Waters Maxine Doyle Bradley 4:18

Maxine is an independent choreographer and Favour (National Theatre). Opera includes Faust The work takes inspiration from the lyrics and Before beginning the process, I wondered about director. Since 2002 she has been Associate (Baden Baden) and The Cunning Little Vixen ideas of a song and poem by poet, author, the nature of my artistic and choreographic Director and Choreographer for Punchdrunk, (Glyndebourne). Recent dance theatre work spoken word artist and singer Kate Tempest, conversation with six male dancers. I wondered with whom she co-directed the multi-award includes After Lethe (Staastheater Kassel). from her album Let Them Eat Chaos. In the what we might say together about the world we winning Sleep No More (London, Boston, New Maxine is a regular principle artist at Springboard words of Pictures on a Screen Tempest currently live in. To this end, Tempest felt like York, Shanghai), The Drowned Man, The House Danse Montreal creating Hubris, Electric Sheep describes the character Bradley - a seemingly a provocative and shared point of departure. I Where Winter Lives, The Firebird Ball, Faust, and Miss D. Maxine also teaches workshops successful young man struggling to connect arrived with a clear idea about costume aesthetic: Masque of the Red Death, Tunnel 228, The internationally including the B12 festival in Berlin. with the world around him. He repeatedly a man’s suit in various states of distress, the poetic Duchess of Malfi (an operatic collaboration with asks us: ‘What am I gonna do to wake up?’ image of a man fading away. I was interested in the English National Opera and Thorsten Rasch), Mari, Maxine’s first feature film collaboration I love Tempest’s words - the way she seems idea of violence as a way to wake ourselves up to and The Yellow Wallpaper. with writer director Georgia Paris and dancer to articulate the feelings of a contemporary the world, and the emotional residue of this. Bobbi-Jene Smith, premiered in October 2018 as generation. She magically evokes provocation Maxine has an MA in Choreography from Trinity part of the London Film Festival. and empathy through imagery and dialogue. Composer Cassie Kinoshi has been in the studio Laban and is a recipient of the Bonnie Bird watching, writing and playing throughout. To begin choreography award. She was Artistic Director of Recent projects include the new works 4:18 I have worked very collaboratively with the our collaboration, we shared playlists of musical First Person Dance Company from 1996 - 2003 for Verve Dance Company (UK), Deo for dancers both in terms of movement language influences and film references. This helped us touring works such as Deja Deux, In the Face Martha Graham Dance Company (USA) in and ideas. They have shaped the work - its to work out pretty quickly our individual tastes. of a Stranger, Plastic Chill and It’s Only a Game collaboration with Bobbi-Jene Smith, and the atmosphere, direction and movement language. For me, identifying a shared taste is the essence show. critically acclaimed dance theatre work Sunset In my creative process I love the synthesis of a fruitful collaboration. We talked about commissioned by Strut Dance and the Perth between the dancers’ creature instinct and ‘atmosphere’, ‘dramatic tone’, and dream-like and Her work for theatre includes Evening at the Talk Festival 2019. creative generosity. With the BalletBoyz I was real worlds. We wanted to create the feeling of a House (National Theatre), Electra (Old Vic), The interested in seeing and exploring both their strange city at 04:18 in the morning. The music Changeling (Young Vic), Hamlet (Young Vic), The www.maxinedoyle.com theatrical performance persona and personality. developed as a soundtrack to Bradley’s restless Children’s Hour (The West End), Timon of Athens This became my fascination. yet absent self, its many voices a reflection of his (The Globe) and Every Good Boy Deserves existential dilemma and his attempt to wake up. Xie Xin Ripple

Xie Xin is the creator and Artistic Director of Recently Xie Xin has worked as a dancer for I wanted to explore a movement style partly I’ve worked with composer Jiang Shaofeng many Xiexin Dance Theatre (XDT) and is an Associate Guangdong Modern Dance Company, Shanghai inspired by the memory of a person in your mind. times and his score for Ripple is highly detailed. Artist of the Shanghai International Dance Centre Jinxing Dance Theater, Beijing Tao Dance Like a storm on quiet body of water, I wanted The choreography was carefully created on the Theatre and jury member of the Lotus Prize. Theatre and Beijing Dance LDTX. In recent years, to express the continuous variations in the flow BalletBoyz dancers to interact with these details In addition to this, she is a guest professor Xie Xin’s work with XDT has been performed at of energy that such memories and feelings in very subtle ways, that build and build over time. at Shanghai University of Sport and guest many European and Asian Art Festivals such as possess. The movement language needs Usually the music is in several different parts that choreographer of Hessisches Staatsballett Kuopio Dance Festival (Finland), Colours Dance instinctive decisions inspired by a physical transition from one into the next, but what was (Wiesbaden) and Shanghai Dance Company. In Festival (Germany), Festival Paris L’ete (France), impulse for the dancers to be able to respond to interesting about this score is that it’s a whole, a 2014, Xie Xin set up her own dance company STEPS Dance Festival (Switzerland), Wiesbaden each other on a subconscious level. big thing that can’t be broken down. and began her career as an independent artist. Theatre Performance Season (Germany), Her choreographic works have won numerous Croatian Sprite and Hibernik Dance Festival, At first, I found working with an all-male The creative process can be like a fight, pushing awards in China and abroad, including awards Chinese Dance Biennale, and Hong Kong Art company very challenging. Being used to into unsafe moments, but then, at a certain from Rome International Dance Competition, Festival. She has participated in art festivals in working with both men and women, I knew I moment it feels like suddenly everything resolves the Lotus Prize, the Hannover International 30 countries. needed to find a way to have the energy of the itself. You just have to trust the process. After Choreography competition, and the Beijing dancers balance each other, and that informed several workshops and improvisation sessions, International and Choreography “In Xie Xin’s works, I have seen a future the creation process in a very different way. I was Ripple started to take shape, inviting the dancers competition. Her work has been financially that I haven’t found in the development of however endlessly inspired by the BalletBoyz to adopt a much softer way of moving than their supported by the National Art Foundation, contemporary European dance” dancers’ extensive facility and wide range of usual powerful energy, to bring them to my way: CFLAC Foundation and the Young Artists Jorma Uotinen, movement possibilities, and once I found the key an expression of constant momentum, relatable Platform of Dance. Artistic Director of Kuopio Dance Festival I just wanted more and more. to all. Photo: Rick Guest

MICHAEL NUNN & WILLIAM TREVITT Co-Artistic Directors, BalletBoyz

Michael and Billy met as students at Strictly Bolshoi was followed by a film about The CASSIE KINOSHI JIANG SHAOFENG School. In 1987 they graduated into The Royal Royal Ballet’s historic first visit to Cuba, and a Ballet company where they danced for twelve years, specially commissioned The Rite of Spring which Composer Composer performing major roles and working with the most won the Golden Prague Grand Prix award. important choreographers of the late 20th Century. During this time, a shared interest in photography Taking a break from dancing, they reinvented BalletBoyz in 2011, bringing young dancers Cassie Kinoshi (b. 1993) is a Mercury Award In 2016 he created the music for From IN for and film found them creating a documentary for Channel 4, titled BalletBoyz. The four-part series together to create an all-male dance company that nominated and Ivors Academy Award winning Xiexin Dance Theatre (XDT). In the same year revealed their lives as “ordinary” ballet dancers. has grown into the award-winning group performing (formerly know as BASCA, British Composer he also created the music for Touch, for the first tonight. Film production continued the same year Award) London-based composer, arranger and part of Unknown for XDT. In 2017, he wrote the Their fascination with the twin strands of stage and with BalletBoyz: The Next Generation, following the alto-saxophonist. She is currently working in music for After, the dance collaboratively created screen has continued throughout their careers. new company of young dancers; BalletBoyz: Kama theatre, film, contemporary dance and both the by Xie Xin and Pan Zhenhao. He continued his Leaving The Royal Ballet in 1999 to pursue greater Sutra for Sky Arts; as well as over 40 short films for jazz and classical performance worlds. Cassie is collaboration with XDT in 2018, creating the creative freedom, they headed to Japan where they Channel 4 as part of their Random Acts strand. best known for her work with her large ensemble music for Obsessive. In 2019, in addition to his were founding members of K-Ballet. In 2014 they commissioned Young Men, SEED, Afrobeat band KOKOROKO and jazz work on Deluxe, Jiang Shaofeng worked with Xie Soon after, they returned to London to launch their choreographed by Iván Pérez with an original score septet NÉRIJA. She is currently Mercury Musical Xin on the music for Moments, a piece for the own dance company, BalletBoyz, which has since by Keaton Henson. Based on themes of war and Developments’ and Musical Theatre Network’s Wiesbaden Theatre in Germany. worked with leading choreographers and artists to soldiering, it became the foundation for their first most recent Cameron Mackintosh Resident public and critical acclaim. In 2004, they returned to movie, a unique combination of film-making and Composer Scheme recipient at Dundee Rep the Royal Opera House as Guest Principal dancers story-telling through the language of dance. Young Theatre and was a part of the London Symphony with . Men premiered on BBC2 on Armistice Day 2016 to Orchestra Panufnik Scheme 2018-19. award-winning acclaim. They created numerous arts documentaries and films including: BalletBoyz II, set in Japan; Rise Most recently, they directed and produced the film and Fall – featuring the work of Russell Maliphant; Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words, featuring The a performance and celebratory films to mark the Royal Ballet dancers in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s retirement of their classmate Darcey Bussell; and a original choreography. The film was released in digital corps de ballet for ’s Curzon cinemas in December 2019 and aired on Electric Counterpoint. They won the prestigious BBC2 Michael and Billy are Associate Artists at Rose d’Or award and an International Emmy for Sadler’s Wells and were made OBEs in 2012.” Strictly Bolshoi, which followed Wheeldon as he became the first Englishman to choreograph for the . Photo: Rick Guest Photos: Rick Guest

JOSEPH BARTON BENJAMIN KNAPPER HARRY PRICE LIAM RIDDICK MATTHEW SANDIFORD WILL THOMPSON

JOSEPH BARTON Itzik Galilli. Ben joined BalletBoyz in 2018 and b LIAM RIDDICK WILL THOMPSON Joey Barton was born in London and started has since toured the UK and also a number of Originally from South Wales, Liam was a Royal After being introduced to dance during his first few dancing at age 13 when he joined the Trinity international destinations, performing a wide range Ballet Junior Associate before studying at Coleg years at secondary school, Will’s training began Laban CAT scheme. Joey recently graduated of works. Ben has done numerous performances Gwent in Newport. This led Liam to London to on the Trinity Laban CAT scheme. Alongside this, from Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary for TV and film, including Glastonbury Festival complete his degree at London Contemporary he was also part of Shoreditch Youth Dance. Dance with a BA (hons) in Dance. Joey trained in a performing with Years & Years on the Pyramid Dance School. Upon graduating, Liam joined After two years Will went on to study at Rambert wide range of styles growing up, including Street stage. Alongside dancing with the company, Ben Richard Alston Dance Company, touring for 8 School, receiving a BA Hons. Degree in 2016. Dance, Contemporary and Ballet. Throughout his is also one of the directors for the BalletBoyz years. During this time, Liam was nominated 7 During his final year of training he was one of training he was able to work with and perform Dancer’s Course. times in 6 consecutive years at the Critics Circle the selected artists to take part in DV8 Physical alongside many different artists and organisations. National Dance Awards, winning Best Male Theatre’s Professional Development programme. He trained as an apprentice with BalletBoyz, HARRY PRICE Dancer 2017. He has worked with James Cousins, Since then his work within theatre and dance recently returned from with Noa Born in London, Harry began training at Italia Martin Lawrence, Bob Cohan, Eleesha Drennan, has expanded across stage and screen. Will Genazzano, performed with ’s Conti Theatre Arts. He went on to join Elmhurst Christopher Wheeldon, Jay Revell, with Olly has worked with and performed in creations by New Adventures, and has won multiple awards in Ballet School and finally joined the English Alexander for the Years & Years Pyramid Stage Hannes Langold, Johannes Wieland, and Maciej Hannover, Germany with Connor Scott at the 32 National Ballet School, graduating in 2013. In his show at Glastonbury Festival 2019 and with Paul Kuz´min´ski. choreography competition. Joey joined BalletBoyz final year at the school, Harry was involved in a Roberts for The Greatest Dancer, BBC. This is full time in September 2019. number of national tours with English National Liam’s second year with BalletBoyz. Ballet and ENBII. Upon graduating he joined BENJAMIN KNAPPER Baltic Dance Theatre. Whilst with the company MATTHEW SANDIFORD Born in St Helens, Merseyside, Ben started he performed in works by Jiri Kylian, Patrick Born in Luton, Matthew discovered dance dancing at the age of fourteen at the Elizabeth Delcroix and Izadora Weiss. Harry then joined the and his passion for the arts at age 18 whilst Hill School of Dance. Ben went on to train at cast of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, touring in studying performing arts at Luton Sixth Form Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Asia, Australia and Europe. He joined BalletBoyz College. He then trained for three years at Trinity Dance, achieving a First-Class Honours degree. in February 2015, making this his sixth season Laban, gaining a First-Class Honours degree. During his time at Rambert School, Ben worked with the company. Since being with the company, In August 2012 he was a featured dancer in the with many choreographers including Ashley Page, he has toured extensively both nationally and London Olympics Closing Ceremony. As well Mark Baldwin and Richard Alston. He also joined internationally and been involved in a variety of as performing, Matthew enjoys teaching and is Rambert Company on their Autumn and Spring film and TV projects. a director for the BalletBoyz Dancer’s Course. Tours in 2017/18 performing A Linha Curva by Matthew joined BalletBoyz in September 2012. CREATIVE TEAM CHARLOTTE POOK KATHERINE WATT ANDREW ELLIS SARAH GOLDING WANG QI BRADLEY WALLER DANIEL BAINES

CHARLOTTE POOK ANDREW ELLIS SARAH GOLDING BRADLEY WALLER Rehearsal Director Lighting Designer Choreographer, The Intro Rehearsal Assistant Charlotte became a graduate of Trinity Laban Previous designs for BalletBoyz include: Them/ Sarah grew up in Dartford, Kent and first started Originally from Rotherham, where he started in 2012, achieving a BA Honours Degree. Us, Void, B-Banned & Alpha (West End, Sadler’s dancing at Miskin Theatre (North Kent College). dancing at the age of 16, Bradley trained at the Upon graduating she joined Transitions Dance Wells & International Tours), Young Men (Wilton’s She went on to train at Trinity Laban and NECB School in Nottingham, then Rambert Company, culminating in a Masters qualification. Music Hall and The Joyce, New York), Kama received a BA and MA in Dance Performance School for Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Since then, Charlotte has worked as a performer, Sutra (Sky Arts). Recent design credits include: (Transitions Dance Company). She has performed In his third year he was invited to become an teacher, choreographer and Rehearsal Director. West End Eurovision (Adelphi), In The Heights & with Lîla Dance, Cathy Waller Company, and apprentice with BalletBoyz and quickly became Charlotte has worked with BalletBoyz on various Our House for Urdang Academy (Bernie Grant), bangbangbang group. Sarah has performed a a full-time member, dancing with the company productions with choreographers including Iván Peter Pan (Stafford Gatehouse), Sleeping Beauty number of times at the Royal Court theatre (Teh for 6 years. During that time, he worked with Pérez, Christopher Wheeldon, Russell Maliphant, (Alban Arena), Murder in the Cathedral (National Internet Is Serious Business, Primetime, directed numerous choreographers and performed in all Javier de Frutos and Pontus Lidberg. In 2018, Tour), Derrière on a G-String (Lilian Baylis), by Hamish Pirie) and is currently performing with of the company’s repertoire including both the Charlotte was the Rehearsal Director for Florence New Works, Four Seasons & Remembrance the world touring cast of STOMP. Sarah often stage and screen versions of Young Men. For and the Machine’s video of Big God, working forNew English Ballet Theatre (Peacock & Lillian teaches her practice and choreography at various several years Bradley was one of the directors alongside . Charlotte is currently Baylis), Wonderlands for National Youth Ballet Universities and Colleges including London Studio of the BalletBoyz Dancer’s Course and worked the contemporary teacher for the Royal Ballet (Sadler’s Wells), Bare: A Pop Opera (The Vaults), Centre, The Place, Belgrade Dance Institute extensively on outreach programmes including School as well as teaching her practice to other Flashdance the Musical (South Korea, Europe (Serbia) and is resident choreographer at Miskin Dance Together. In January 2020 Bradley left companies and institutions. This is Charlotte’s 5th and UK Tour), Nutcracker for Ballet Central (ADC Theatre. Sarah’s choreographic credits include BalletBoyz to work with Pontus Lidberg at season with BalletBoyz. Theatre, Cambridge), The Distance You Have BalletBoyz Dancer’s Course (MOVEIT), Royal Danish Dance Theatre. Come (Cockpit), Eugenius! (The Other Palace), Court (Primetime 17), Mountview (As You Like KATHERINE WATT Savage & Lilith for Chrysalis London (Platform It Jacksons Lane, Children of Eden Mountview DANIEL BAINES Costume Designer Theatre & Stratford Circus), Carmen for zFin Malta Theatre), and YMT (Lyric, Belfast). Apprentice Dancer Born in the North-East of England, Katherine Dance Ensemble (Valletta), TEN for ACE Dance & Dan was born in Wiltshire and began dancing at trained in Costume for Performing Arts at London Music (International Tour), HIM (Royal Festival Hall WANG QI the age of 7 at a local dance school. He learnt College of Fashion. She has worked on a variety & UK Tour), Murmur for Aakash Odedra Company Rehearsal Assistant various urban styles alongside contemporary of West End, International and UK Touring (International tour). Awards: Broadway World UK Wang Qizhi joined Xiexin Dance Theatre in and ballet at Swindon Dance’s CAT Scheme. musical productions (We Will Rock You, Barnum, Award for Best Lighting Design Eugenius! 2018. October 2017. In 2018 she worked with XDT on Dan was in the National Youth Dance Company, Showboat, Magic Mike Live, Les Miserables), From IN, Unknown, Obsessive, Floating Flow working with Damien Jalet, before entering supervises plays and monologues for The Old Mark and Plus. From 2017 to 2018 From IN toured his training at Rambert School of Ballet and Vic Theatre and has designed creations for the in Xi’an, Hong Kong, Italy, France, Croatia and Contemporary Dance. Whilst there he has National Centre for Circus Arts. Her previous Germany. In 2017 Wang Qi worked with Xie Xin worked with many choreographers including collaborations with BalletBoyz include Them/ as she participated in the Hong Kong Art Festival, Christopher Bruce and Akram Khan, and is now Us, Fourteen Days, and Kama Sutra: BalletBoyz the Works Programme of China Peiqing Project in his final year of training. for Sky Arts. She designed the costumes for the and directed the premiere of After at the National acclaimed feature film Young Men for BBC2. Grand Theatre and the Hong Kong Cultural Center.

BalletBoyz

Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, the founders 2004 they won the Laurence Olivier Award for of works to the repertoire which tours nationally delivered by specialist teachers to all abilities of BalletBoyz, are hailed as pioneers for making Russell Maliphant’s Broken Fall. The company’s and internationally to great acclaim. In 2013, and ages. dance accessible and reaching wide audiences chief aim is to challenge, excite and enlighten BalletBoyz won Best Modern Choreography for through their celebrated stage and television audiences through its work, and to do this they Russell Maliphant’s Fallen, while Michael Hulls Following their 20th Anniversary in 2020, work. After leaving The Royal Ballet, they came bring together a diverse range of composers, won the 2014 Olivier Award for Outstanding BalletBoyz will continue creating works that to prominence through extensive national and artists, designers and filmmakers. Achievement in Dance for his work with inspires and educates, and that ultimately international touring, as well as through their BalletBoyz. In 2016, the company’s first feature showcases challenging and entertaining dance popular television documentaries. The company has won numerous awards and film, Young Men, was released. The film won the to as wide an audience as possible. nominations including an Olivier Award, National Golden Prague Arts Award and the Rose d’Or in Founded in 2000, BalletBoyz established itself Dance Awards, an International Emmy, two the Arts Category, rewarding originality, quality as one of the most original and innovative forces Golden Pragues and two Rose d’Or Awards. and creativity. in modern dance, revolutionising programming In 2011, the Artistic Directors selected and formats, commissioning work and collaborating trained a group of male dancers and the Alongside the extensive body of stage and with cutting-edge talent. During the first company grew into an award-winning troupe of screen work, the company prides itself on decade, they created and performed a variety talented dancers from a variety of backgrounds. offering a broad creative learning programme of works with choreographers including William Working with various choreographers, including for a wide range of people. The company also Forsythe, Michael Clark, Akram Khan, Liv Lorent, Alexander Whitley, Paul Roberts, Fernanda Lippi provides dynamic and accessible weekly classes Matthew Bourne and Christopher Wheeldon. In and Javier de Frutos, they have added dozens from its studios in Kingston Upon Thames, Photos: Rick Guest CLASSES MOOVBANK DANCE TOGETHER We provide a timetable of MoovBank is a free digital dance Dance Together is a partnership Creative Learning extensive community classes resource for both specialists between the company and which caters for all ages and and non-specialists to use as Strathmore School, our local abilities. Our adult classes inspiration within their lesson school for students with Through our extensive Creative Learning Programme, we are committed to sharing include Ballet, Yoga, Pilates, planning. The online resource complex learning needs. high quality learning content based on the BalletBoyz approach to movement. Inclusive Dance and Parkinson’s features step by step online Throughout the project, our We offer a range of participation opportunities that allow more people to experience CAN Dance. We offer RAD lessons, creative tasks and dancers work one to one and participate in the arts in the UK. Syllabus Ballet, Creative Ballet, downloadable plans inspired by with students to gradually Contemporary, and Street the syllabus and build confidence and gain Dance classes for our young by BalletBoyz repertoire. Go to trust between each other. dancers. www.moovbank.com to register Each session is focused on for free and explore what’s on learning from each other to offer. create movement and increase enjoyment and appreciation for PARKINSON’S CAN the artform on a shared creative DANCE journey. We run weekly classes for people with Parkinson’s to BBz YOUTH COMPANY enjoy and explore dancing Currently in its second year, our in a supportive and creative Youth Company is an exciting environment. Classes are opportunity for young dancers delivered by a team of to explore the BalletBoyz specialist dance artists and approach to movement musicians, supported by a within an exciting and safe team of volunteers, creating environment. The company a joyful class that focuses on develop contemporary dance improving balance, rhythm and technique, learn past and strengthening of vocal muscles. present repertoire, develop We have created a DVD and performance and creativity digital resource pack, featuring skills, and improve fitness, step-by-step teaching so that flexibility and strength. participants can learn, dance and be inspired in the comfort UNKNOWN SOLDIER of their own home. Go to www. Young Men, BalletBoyz’s award- parkinsonscandance.com to winning feature length dance access the resource. film explores themes of love, friendship, conflict, and survival BBz INCLUSIVE against a backdrop of war. We offer inspiring inclusive Having explored this work on dance classes for young adults stage and screen, we will now with disabilities. These weekly share in an educational capacity sessions increase confidence, through Unknown Soldier. nurture creativity, build strength Delving into the narrative and co- ordination and, above strength, physical impact, and all, are great fun! thematic subtleties, we will develop a workshop framework to share with schools in areas of low cultural engagement. COMPANY SUPPORT US

Artistic Directors If you have been inspired by the performance Michael Nunn OBE & William Trevitt OBE and would like to help continue the success of General Manager BalletBoyz, there are two main ways you can Victoria Collins support us: Creative Learning Manager • Become a BalletBoyz Friend or Patron Sian Cobern • Make a general donation Finance Manager Liam McNeil This can help us create our stage shows, dance Administrator films and documentaries, and share them with Jessica Moncur our ever-growing audiences. Your support also helps us grow our education work in schools, Directors’ Assistant with adults with Parkinson’s, and with young Nike van Schie people with disabilities.

Board of Trustees To find out more and begin supporting our work, Michael Waldman (Chair) please visit balletboyz.com/supportus or contact Mary Anne Cordeiro us on [email protected]. Dame Vivien Duffield DBE Natasha Duffield BalletBoyz Ltd is a registered charity no: 1088336 Lady Gavron Anne Heal SHOP Tom Hope Phoebe Reith-Ibery If you enjoyed the show and want to take home Dennis Van Schie your own little piece of BalletBoyz memorabilia, then why not visit the online shop at balletboyz. Marketing Manager com/shop. Mark Slaughter

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